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Lesson Spotlight
Looking for a smooth ride into the school year?
Have students drive their own learning in Motion Impossible!
Motion Impossible
In this three part challenge, students will design and test devices that can move a heart quickly and safely across land, water, or air.
Grades: 4-12
Duration: Three 60 minute sessions
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Like most of our resources, this lesson is aligned with the engineering strand of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). |
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Careers in Sustainability
Duration: 15+ minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
Explore careers in sustainability. What does their work include? What are similar skills and how do you use them?
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Career Exploration Mosaic
Duration: 75 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-12
Explore careers while creating a mosaic that represents you, your interests, goals, and career aspirations.
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Computer Vision: Buzz Solutions
Duration: 2 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
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Computational Thinking Prototyping
Duration: 5 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Tips on leading students through the prototyping process in computational thinking lessons.
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Plugged Activities and Scratch
Duration: 8 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Tips on using Scratch and leading plugged activities with students.
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Unplugged Activities
Duration: 5 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Learn how to teach computational thinking without a computer.
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Why Computational Thinking?
Duration: 4 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Educators explain how computational thinking can be taught in a variety of settings.
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What is Computational Thinking?
Duration: 4 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Understand computational thinking and see examples of its use in everyday life.
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Tech for Tomorrow Virtual Field Trip
Video Duration: 30 minutes, Pre and Post activities: 90 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
This career-focused virtual field trip takes your students through Silicon Valley to meet some of the region’s most innovative tech experts.
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What is AI?
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Computational Thinking
Get with the (computer) program
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Data Science
Byte into these
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Design Challenge Learning
Explore tips for innovation
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Systems Design
Big thinkers, unite!
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Social Emotional Learning
Engineering with empathy
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